PROVO, Utah (TCN) — Investigators closed a cold case this week after they positively identified the remains of a John Doe found in the desert 42 years ago.
According to the Provo Police Department, 17-year-old Robby Peay ran away from a youth treatment center in Salt Lake City on Oct. 7, 1982. He was reported missing to the Provo Police Department and listed in national databases after he failed to return.
About four months later, in February 1983, a body was found in Arches National Park in Moab with a gunshot wound to the head. Police said the victim “appeared to have similar characteristics to Peay,” but officials could not positively identify the remains due to the amount of decomposition. He became listed as a John Doe…